Chapter 605 [A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity]
Ye Ling's worries became a reality, the first two days of returning to the other courtyard were still very calm, Ye Ling also temporarily put everything that happened that night behind him, and went out early and returned late to cultivate as usual, but on the morning of the third day, as soon as he walked out of the door, Ye Ling found that there were already people waiting in the courtyard of the other courtyard, but it was a priest in a black robe, he was obviously coming towards Ye Ling, and immediately greeted him, and said very respectfully: "Mr. Ye Ling, if you can, the archbishops invite you to sit in the council hall." β
Ye Ling chuckled in his heart, from the attitude and tone of this priest, he had a faint premonition of something, but what should come is that sooner or later it will come, and he also has to make it clear to the Dark Holy See, so he said to the priest: "Haode, please lead the way." β
When the two of them came to the door of the council hall, the black-clothed priest stopped: "Mr. Ye Ling, the archbishops are waiting inside, please go in by yourself." β
Bowing his head at him, Ye Ling pushed the door open, and then he found that his premonition was not wrong.
There are not many people in the spacious council room, only more than a dozen, but the members of the battle are extremely powerful, except for Vieri, the rest of the six bishops are all listed, as well as the dark goddess Lucy, the head of the adjudication group, the abbot of the holy pardon, the patriarchal minister, etc., most of them were seen in Qingxin Lake that day, in addition to a few other people, although they are very unfamiliar, but looking at their temperament, they have the tendency to hold heavy power, and they should also be other important high-level leaders of the Dark Holy See, so it can be seen that this "small sitting" is definitely not simple.
The atmosphere was very solemn, and Ye Ling suddenly became nervous, feeling very uneasy about the collapse of the mortals on trial in the courtroom.
Seeing his crampedness, a little chubby, and his face was like a smile, Bishop Clifford in Tsing Yi tried his best to point to an empty seat next to Lucy in a kind tone and said, "Ye Ling, it's a pleasure to meet you, please come and sit." β
If you come, you will be safe, and they won't eat me anyway!
Ye Ling was calm and walked to sit down beside Lucy.
The Dark Holy See arranged this position in order to eliminate Ye Ling's nervousness, after all, Lucy and Ye Ling were similar in age and familiarity.
As soon as he sat down, the high-level officials with unfamiliar faces stared at him, because they did not go to Qingxin Lake with Terrance and the others that night, only later did they learn everything, and it was the first time they saw this legendary chosen son, so they naturally took a few more looks, and then they found that after fifty-eight years, the sixteenth generation of the pope only picked out this candidate was very ordinary, at least on the surface, no matter the appearance, temperament, there was no imaginary image of the pride of the sky, and they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but it was only fleeting, because they were also the first generation of backbones personally cultivated by Alexander XVI, and they were convinced of the decision of the sixteenth generation of popesγ
The blue-clothed cardinal said softly: "Ye Ling, don't be nervous, you should know that we didn't have any malicious intent when we came to you." β
Lucy beside him nodded at him and motioned for Ye Ling to take it easy.
Gray Cardinal Kitt said: "Ye Ling, I think you already know a little about the sixteenth generation of popes, although we haven't been able to figure out many issues, and we don't know that Pope Bixia Weishenme will choose you, but any of his decisions, we have never doubted, Pope Bixia must have a reason to do this, after a few days of deliberation, we reached a consensus, and made a decision!"
When he got here, he didn't say anything, because compared to himself, there was another person who announced this decision, the most haode candidate.
Lucy spoke slowly, she looked at Ye Ling, her beautiful eyes were full of expectation: "Ye Ling, we hope that you can become the new Pope of the Dark Sect!"
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, when these words came out of Lucy Sakura's mouth, they still shocked Ye Ling like a shock.
They really want me to be the Emperor of the Dark See!
Ye Ling stayed for at least three seconds before he came back to his senses, and under the gaze of all the high-level officials, he took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, I refuse!"
The faces of the high-ranking members of the Dark Sect all changed at the same time when they heard this, they didn't expect Ye Ling's answer to be negative, and it was so simple.
You must know that after the Dark Holy See came out of the shadows and reappeared in the astral boundary, it developed rapidly, and now it has a great shili in the gray forbidden area. As long as whoever becomes the Dark Pope, he will immediately be able to hold the power in his hands and turn the clouds and rain, in addition, he can also obtain the powerful secret techniques that the Pope is qualified to practice, as well as many coveted treasures, for the martial artist, these are irresistible temptations, but Ye Ling will readily agree without thinking about it, but what he gets now is the opposite result.
In fact, Ye Ling didn't think about it, he had long expected that the high-level of the Holy See would talk to him about the Pope, and he had already thought about it very clearly these days.
Although the Dark Sect is doing a righteous act, after all, it is defined as a cult by the Astral Alliance, and Ye Ling is from the Astral Alliance, so he is naturally a little resistant in his heart.
What's more, he didn't feel that he had the ability to manage such a huge church, even if he had the ability, the countless mundane affairs would make him very painful, where was there still time to cultivate, so Ye Ling didn't accept it.
Cardinal Terrance frowned and said, "Ye Ling, do you know that you are from the Astral Alliance, are you prejudiced against the Dark Holy See and think that we are an improper church?"
Ye Ling did have a little meaning in his heart, of course he wouldn't admit it, refusal also requires art, now that people are under the roof, can they fall out with the other party, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, no, absolutely nothing, I have been here for so many days, I have seen what the Holy See has done here, you are jealous and hateful, helping those oppressed and weak to resist, and being respected by countless people in the gray forbidden area, how can it be an improper church?"
Hearing this, the faces of the high-ranking people softened slightly, and the purple cardinal Kim asked, "So, you want to refuse to become the pope?"
Ye Ling had already prepared his words, and said with a dry cough: "That's because, I feel that I can't do it at all, you must know that I am just a very ordinary person, without a powerful liliang, without rich experience, without the courage and means of those in power, what qualifications do I have to sit in this pope's seat." To be honest, I don't know that your sixteenth Pope Weishenme would have chosen me, maybe he was mistaken. I don't want the Dark See to stop moving forward because of me. So, I think you should find a more suitable person, and anyone here will definitely do better than me!"
"So you're worried about this," Bishop Josephine in blue said in understanding, "However, Pope Bixia is definitely not wrong, since he has found you among countless people, he must have his reasons." Yes, you are still young and have many shortcomings, but we will help you. β
"Yes, anything can be learned," Bishop Kim said: "Ye Ling, you don't need to be presumptuous, Lucy already knows your abilities very well, and told us that at your age, it is already quite remarkable to be able to have this kind of achievement, with the help of our Holy See's treasures and secret arts, you will definitely be able to improve your strength faster, and one day, you will become very powerful!"
Gray Cardinal Kitt said: "To tell you the truth, we also specially checked your experience during the Radiant Star, since the third year of the Senior Academy, you have made rapid progress, won numerous honors during the school, and the internship task performance was extremely outstanding, as the captain led the team of the Eastern Continent to win the championship of the Martial Arts Exchange Conference, is one of the few wizards in the history of the Cangyue Academy who have broken through the realm of the sun in the graduation test, and is regarded as one of the strongest young people in the Radiant Star, and has been invited by countless giant institutions after graduation. What's more, even if you have met a lot of great competitors along the way, you can always quickly become their leader, whether it is your partner or your opponent, everyone will be quickly conquered and convinced of you, this unique personality makes you have many good friends now. All of this shows that you have the excellent potential to be a good leader, and Pope Bixia didn't look away at all!"
Ye Ling couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he originally wanted to depreciate himself to dispel the thoughts of these high-ranking members of the Holy See, but they had all their own backgrounds, and they knew so much about it, so they couldn't say the other words they were preparing.
Damn, let it go, no matter what, this Pope Lao Tzu will not be, it's a big deal to tear his face, thinking about his relationship with Alexander XVI, they are not going to be good, Ye Ling just wanted to stop euphemistically explaining that he was not interested in this dark Pope at all, but at this time, Julie's voice came from his heart: "If you really refuse, I dare to guarantee that you will regret it in the future!"
Ye Ling swallowed back the words for the time being, and had a heart-to-heart exchange with Julie: "Sister Julie, how can you say, isn't our Jihua going to experience and then become stronger? If I stay and be the Pope, then there is still time." β
Julie asked rhetorically, "Stronger, and then what?"
Ye Ling took a moment: "Become a super strong person and use my influence to find Weiwei!"
"That's right, your goal to become strong is to gain influence, and now, you're lucky that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of you!" Today's Dark Holy See is already a giant that cannot be ignored in the gray forbidden area, shili is very big, there are countless disciples, and what is even more rare is that it is still developing at a high speed, and it is not impossible to become the first shili in the gray forbidden area in the future, and you who become the dark pope will naturally have a huge influence, which will be of great help to you to find Lucy, this is obvious!"
[3 chapters completed on the fourth day]